Monday, 6 February 2012

Use of colour, this is used to great effect. Some magazines will use the same continous colour features for every edition, these keeps a colour scheme so readers can recognise the magazine just by the colours.
 Pugs: A little corner that either tells you the price, a promotion or a section simply about the magazine.
Secondary images: Used on the front cover to promote other featuresin the magazine.
Often used when readers need to be enticed into buying the magazine.

Coverlines: Located at various points on the front cover telling the readers about various contents in the magazine. Front cover often has 6-12 coverlines in an attempt to lure different readers into different things.

Mode of address: This is a way for magazines to communicate with the readers.
Anchorage: This is a term that refers to how images are referred to. In magazines, pictures are anchored by a caption for example on the cover of Hello Canada Tom Cruise is the man image and next to him is a caption about his interview about his daughter.